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Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Tennessee

2023 Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$4,399 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Fire Protection School for You

In 2020-2021, 44 degrees and certificates were awarded to fire protection students who went to a Tennessee college or university. This makes it the #142 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Fire Protection Schools in Tennessee ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Fire Protection School

$4,399 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Walters State Community College to be the best value school for fire protection students who want to pursue a degree in Tennessee. WSCC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Morristown.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WSCC are $4,399 a year.

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Best Value Fire Protection Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Fire Protection Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 29
Virginia 41
North Carolina 255
Florida 260
Kentucky 72
South Carolina 5
Louisiana 19
Arkansas 7
Alabama 1,020
Mississippi 1
West Virginia 91

One of 4 majors within the area of study, fire protection has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections 113,121
Homeland Security 7,140
Security Science and Technology 6,888
Other Homeland Security 1,695

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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